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1989. The Formation and its Meaning of the 75-sacred-place View in the Omine Sacred Mountain Area, Jimbun chiri [Japanese Journal of Human Geography], 41(6): 512-528. (JE) Abstract
1991. Geographical Perspectives on the Study of Shugendo, A Japanese Mountain Religion, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 4: 19-27. PDF
1993. Geographical Problems in the Study of Mountain Religion, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 29: 135-153. (JE)
1993. Geographical Perspectives on a Japanese Mountain Religion, Shugendo: With Special Reference to the Ohmine Mountains, Dossiers de la Revue de Geographie Alpine, 11: 135-140.
1994. On the Geographical Studies of Pilgrimage by Gisbert Rinschede, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 30: 129-141. (JE)
1995. Catholic Pilgrimage in the Southern Part of Germany, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 31: 39-68. (JE)
1996. Bergreligion in Japan, Komazawa daigaku bungakubu kenkyu kiyo [Journal of the Faculty of Letters, Komazawa University], 54: 33-54. (in German) PDF
1997. The Current Trends of Literary Geography in Japan, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 33: 101-116. (JE)
1998. The Omine Mts. Painted on Pictorial Maps of Yamato Province in the Edo Period, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 34: 47-64. (JE)
1999. Old Maps in Komazawa University Library, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 35: 71-82. (JE)
1999. Geography of Religion in Japan since 1977, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 12: 27-32. PDF
1999. Distribution of Christianity in Japan, The Pennsylvania Geographer, 37(1): 17-32.
2000. Historical Change and Seasonable Variation of Tourlist Arrival in Yoshinoyama, Nara Prefecture, after the Second World War, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 36: 33-54. (JE)
2001. Establishment of a Kokumin Shukusha (People's Inn) and its Business Closure in Yoshinoyama, Nara Prefecture, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 37: 37亅64. (JE)
2001. History of Pictorial Maps of Yamato Province: Reexamination of the Omine Mountains Painted on Pictorial Maps, Rekishi chirigaku [Historical Geography], 43(5): 1-20. (JE)
2002. Geography of Religion in Postwar Japan: An Analysis of the Bibliography, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 38: 21-51. (JE) Abstract
2002. On a Historical Record about the Forty-two Sacred Places in the Omine Mountains in the Jimben, a Shugendo Journal, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 15: 41-67. (JE) Abstract
2003. Distribution of Buddhism in Japan: An Attempt to Draw a Map of the Buddhist-Denominational Regions, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 39: 37-58. (JE) Abstract
2003. Tourist Trends and the Role of a Resident Organization in Kakunodate Town, Akita Prefecture, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 16: 45-57. (JE) (with Norio KAYAMA) Abstract
2004. Geographical Themes in the Study of Worship Catchment Area: A Review of Religious Space of Japan by Keisuke Matsui, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 40: 105-120. (JE) Abstract
2005. Guest Editor's Introduction to the Special Issue on Historical Geography of Religious Culture, Rekishi chirigaku [Historical Geography], 47(1): 1-3. (JE) Abstract
2005. Conclusions: Future Issues in Historical Geography of Religious Culture, Rekishi chirigaku [Historical Geography], 47(1): 107-110. (JE) Abstract
2006. On Commemorating the History of the Department of Geography: An example of the commemoration program of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Department of Geography, Komazawa University, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 42: 5-10. (JE) Abstract
2006. Distribution of Buddhist Denominations in Japan, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 19: 31-35. Abstract (same as Oda (2003)) PDF
2007. Travel Routes before and after the Mountaineering in Prewar Pilgrimage in the Omine Mountains, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 43: 19-38. (JE) Abstract
2007. On Commemorating the History of the Department of Geography, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 20: 63-67. PDF
2009. On the Pictorial Map of Yamato Province from the Collection of Leiden University Library, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 45: 37-42. (JE) Abstract
2010. On the pictorial map of Yamato Province of Japan from the Siebold Collection of Leiden University Library, in Kinda Akihiro et al. eds, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of Historical Geographers, Kyoto 2009, Kyoto University Press, 222-223.
2011. Distribution of Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines in Niigata Prefecture and the Division of the Region, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 47: 13-33. (JE) Abstract
2011. Spatial Analysis of Murakami Haruki's "After Dark": Midnight town as a place where we encounter the "darkness", Komazawa daigaku bungakubu kenkyu kiyo [Journal of the Faculty of Letters, Komazawa University], 69: 155-171. (JE) Abstract
2014. Geography of Religion in Postwar Japan (2) , Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 50: 55-68. (JE)
2014. Location and Spatial Constitution of Private Cemeteries in Yokohama City since 1989, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 50: 81-100. (JE) (with Midori KONDO)
2015. Internet Communications in the Geography Community: An Analysis of the Posts on the Japanese Mailing List of Historical Geography, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 28: 59-67. (JE)
2016. Regional and Generational Differences in Dialect in Aomori Prefecture: Observed from the Research in a Border Area between Tsugaru and Nambu Regions, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 29: 21-33. (JE) (with Yuki IZUMI)
2016. Religion as Learning Content in High School Geography Education in Japan, Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 29: 45-52. (JE)
2017. Distribution of Christianity and the Division of the Region in Prewar Japan, Komazawa chiri [Komazawa Journal of Geography], 53: 23-34. (JE)
2017. A Spatial Analysis of Haruki Murakami's After Dark: The City at Night as a Place to Encounter "Darkness", Chiikigaku kenkyu [Regional Views], 30: 1-13. PDF
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